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R..L. BEACH.

INCANDESCENT LAMP WRAPPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. I916.

1,3 1 2,5 1 3; Patented Aug 12, 1919.

JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 GENERAL ELECTRIC NEW YORK.

IITZA'ISIDESCENT]?-LAMIP WRAPPER.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 112, 19119.

Application filed May 9, 1916. Serial No. 96,335.

To all whom it mayconce'rn:

Be it known that I,--RALPH L. BEACH, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Incandescent-Lamp Wrappers, of which the following is a specification.

package of a size convenlent for handling and so proportioned that when it is full the lamps are packed in tight enough to be held quite firmly. The 'tip of an incandescent lamp is very easily damaged or broken by a blow or shock and the thin bulbs of the lamps may also-be""-broken by a comparatively slight shock if the bulbs come into direct glass to'glass contact with one another. These accidentsare particularly apt to happen after one or two lamps have been taken out of a package and the remaining lamps are loose and freeto move to a con- The object of my invention is to provide an inclosure or wrapper for the individual I lamps which will prevent direct contact of the also shield the tip of the lamp. A further object of my invention is'to. provide such a wrapper" which is very cheap and easily made from fiat paper stock or similar material. A still further object. is to provide a wrapper which can easily be applied to the lamp with comparatively fewand simple movements and without the use of any adhesive.

, end I provide each lamp with awrapper or .inclosure made in the form of aribbon or band and adapted to be wrapped around the lam longitudinally and locked in place on the lamp by means of perforations on the band which fit down snugly over the base of the lamp. The wrapper is applicable to other similar articles which have any protuberance on which the band or wrapper can fit snugly and be locked.

My invention will be best understood in connection with the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the flat blank or ribbon constituting -one embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 1s a view showing the wrapper at an intermediate point of its application to the lamp, one end of the wrapper being secured to the base of the lamp Incandescent lamps and similar glass-- bod articles are often packed sideby side in a to be applied. weakness 5 in the middle of the blank to glass bulbs'with one another and will will be'firmly held in place To this This feature is of and the' body of the wrapper being bent around part of the bulb; Fig. 3 is a View of a lamp with the wrapper in place and both ends locked on the base; Fig. 4 is a View of the blank shaped to provide a wrapper with side walls; and Fig. 5 is a plan v1ew of a carton filled with incandescent lamps, each provided with a. wrapper or inclosure emying my invention. The particular form ofpacking' shown in the drawing encircles the lamp longitudinally and is made in the form of a flexible ribbon orblank 1, provided near each end with a transverse line of weakness 2, to make the ends into tabs or fliaps 3 which are perforated by apertures 4 0 base of the lamp to which-the packing is I may also provide a line of facilitate bending it around the tipof the bulb.- I may also in some cases provide substantially the same diameter as the other lines of weakness, such as the linesfi I "ping the. base of the lamp through the aperon each side of the line 5 to facilitate benda siderable extent when the package is handled.

ture 4 in one of the flaps 3 and then bending the blank'around as shown finally slipping the other perforated flap down over the base, as shown in Fig. 3, whereby the two flaps 3 overlap and are locked on the base, as shown in F 1g. 3. The blank is firmly held in place on the lamp with suflicient space between the tip of the lampand the bend at the score line 5 to pre: vent the tip coming in contact with the wrapin Fig. 2, and

ficiently rigid to act as a shield or protector I sure are preferably packed in a carton or box 7 as shown in Fig. 5. The wrapper l permits the lamps to be packed snugly and when so packed, firmly heldthat theycan be shipped Without danger of injury by the tips bei broken or the lamps striking each other. he lamps can be taken out of the carton 7 one at a time without impairing the protection afforded to remaining lamps, each of which has its own wrapper 1 whether in or out of the carton.

the lamps are so only one or two lamps at a time are taken out of the carton.

for the tip of the lamp when the lamp is 'per. The blank 1 is made of material suf- V side by side very I great advantage where 1 This isan operation which can easily be material at a single operation and can easily be applied to the lamp merely by bending up the tabs 3 and slipping the tabs over the base of the lamp, whereupon the wrapper is firmly locked in place.

performed by machinery and therefore the wrapper embodying my invention 1S particularly well adapted. for use in connection with machinery for applying the wrappers to the lamps.

The wrapper 1S cheap-and eliicient and when in place on the lamp prevents contact between the glass and the bulbs of the different lamps andalso gives ample protection to the ti of the lamp. ln'addition lamps provided with-thiswrapper willFpack very closelyand snugly, as shown in 1g. 5,and any desired numberof lamps can be removed from' the package without destroying the protection afiorded the remaining lamps by their individual wrappers.

inFig. a, be provided with tabs 8 which can i be folded inward to form sides'or covers forthe lam wfhcn the wrapper is in place on the lamp. These sides 8 Will prevent the glass bulbs striking each other when the lamps are packed in two or more layers and are not separated by other means.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is,-

1. A packing for incandescent lamps comprising an oblongl blank having at each end a portion adapte .to the body of the blank and perforated by an aperture of a size to fit snugly overthe base of the lamp and having near the middle a'line of weakness which causes said blank prisin to form a pointed end spaced away fromthe tip of the lamp and supported by the rounded' end of the bulb, said blank formin an inclosure conforming to the contour 0 the lamp when bent to cause said ends to overlap with said apertures in register.

2. An incandescent lamp package com end a line of weakness and an aperture the tion free of the lamp. s

. I 15. The combination of a lamp-.and apro-r to be bent at right angles.

emma size of the lamp base between eachline of weakness and the end of the blank to make I perforated tabs which can be folded to overlap when said blank encircles the lamp and bring said apertures into register'and in position to fit snugly on the base of the lamp and having three lines of weakness near the middle to cause the formation of a V-shaped end which covers the tip of the lamp and has its sides supported by the rounded end of, the lampwhen said blank is in place.

3. An incandescent lamp prising 'an oblong fieXib e transversely atthree oints nearthe middle Tpack-age ,comf blank .{scoredi V shaped-portion supported Over p y the bulge "of the bulb .to leave a space be- .tween the-blank and th'e', tip and to permit the endjportions to be bent toward each other; to overlap "on theflbase of thelamp, each endportion being provided withv an ;."aperture which fits over the'lamp base.

r is In some cases the Wrapper may, as shown a; The combination of a lamp and a pro tective carrier therefor comprising a strip of sheet material, means near each endof said strip for gripping the lam shank, said strip having its sides in contact with the lamp and. being of sufiicient length between the opposite gripping means to maintain its midc tective carrier therefor comprising a strip of sheet material, means near each endbf said strip for gripping thelamp shank and hold-' ing the lamp centrally disposed in said carrier-and with its point free of the carrier.

' 6. The combination ofa' lamp and a protective carrier thereforcomprislng a strip of sheet material, means near each end of said strip for gri ping the lam shank, said strip being of suflibient length etween said gripping means to maintain the central portion of the strip free of the point of the lamp when assembled on said. lamp and with portions of said strip in contact with'opposite sides respectively of the lamp.

a flexible blank for encircling the lamp ongitudinally and having near each In witness whereof, ,l have hereunto set my hand this sixth da of May, 1916.

- LPl-l L. BEACH. 

